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Old 07-31-2020 | 04:13 PM
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hardcastonly
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I had a guy read this thread and post what I thought was an interesting related question.

In this thread you listed my 44 mag load as a 240 grain hard cast bullet over 19.5 grains of 2400 powder,

yet in other previous posts you listed a lee bullet why the change?
many years ago I started out using a seaco bullet mold I borrowed from a friend,
after a few weeks Id cast 700 -800 plus bullets,
but he wanted his mold back,
and at that time I could not find a duplicate mold to buy,
so
I purchased a lyman mold I found at a local gunshop,
which proved to be even more accurate in my revolver at longer ranges
after a few years I purchased a Lee 310 grain which I personally found to be accurate in both my marlin lever action and my S&W revolver,
something that was not true of the lyman 300 grain, bullet,
in the marlin lever action, at ranges over 100 yards or so

300 grain lyman
https://www.trackofthewolf.com/Categ.../LYMAN-429-650

240 grain seaco
https://www.midwayusa.com/product/101034511


310 grain lee
https://www.midwayusa.com/product/1010207991?pid=511417
the load used was 310 grain bullet over 21 grains of h110
all the bullets work well on game, but the lee is the most consistently accurate in my weapons
many 44 mag revolvers have a twist rate in the 1 in 18-20" range the marlin has a much slower twist rate near 1 in 38"

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